Reese Family

We are finally settling into our life here in T'bilisi. Our apartment is comfortable and we stay warm even in the snow! We have learned so much these past 2 weeks. Elder Reese has learned how to fill out all the forms needed for our work and I have learned to cook without a microwave!
The BEST thing that we get to do is go out with the young missionaries to help teach discussions. When someone is interested in learning more about our church, the missionaries meet with them 2 or 3 times a week to teach them. We call the person an investigator and we call the teaching part 'discussions', because we really like them to be involved in the teaching. Usually the investigator speaks Georgian, so as one missionary is teaching - the other one is telling us what's being said. When there is a pause, we get to bare our testimony about the truthfulness of what is being taught. Because of the language barrier, we have to really listen to the spirit to know what to say. Last week we visited a lady our age who lives with her 15 month old adopted son in a single room. There were 2 twin beds against a wall, a small kitchen table with 2 chairs, another table with a small camp type stove that provided the only heat and another table with kitchen things on it. The room was neat and clean and she had invited 3 other women to come listen. The missionaries taught her about the Holy Ghost and how you can know what is right and true by the spirit. Elder Reese & I were able to share how having the gift of the Holy Ghost brought joy to our lives and helped us to do what is right. There was a sweet spirit in the room. I am grateful for the opportunities I have to visit with the Georgian people and to share with them the love their Heavenly Father has for them.

Another time we met at the church for a discussion with a man who wanted to be baptized. He is Georgian, but went to school in Russia and then did some Chemistry work at a University in Florida - so he spoke fairly good English! The missionaries taught about Christ and his baptism of water and of fire - being the gift of the Holy Ghost. We shared the importance of baptism and then he talked about how he had been praying and reading the Book of Mormon (in Russian) and that he knew that baptism was the right thing for him. He is anxious to be baptized - so the missionaries set the date for March 12. We are excited to go - it will be our 1st baptism to attend here in T'bilisi.